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The History of the Electronic Diesel Engine, 2005.
A review of the history of the electronic diesel engine and it's use as a possible alternative technology in the future of transportation.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper takes a look at the influence that electronics have had on the development of the diesel engine. According to this paper, it is the development and efficiency of the electronic diesel engine that has helped the diesel engine remain popular.
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"The history of the electronic diesel engine is really the history of the development of the diesel engine as engineers and scientists have continued to push the late 19th century invention towards higher efficiency and reduced emissions. The electronic element of the diesel is a relatively recent addition of late 20th century technology that permits diesel engines to operate more efficiently under a wider range of environmental conditions. This has helped the diesel engine remain in use despite popular opinion that it is an outdated variation of the internal combustion engine. In fact, electronic diesel engines have become so efficient that many have begun once more to consider the electronic diesel engine as an "alternative" technology for the future of transportation (Doherty 47). To understand the history of the electronic diesel engine, we must travel back to the beginning of the diesel engine itself."
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Qualitative Research Design in Education, 2005.
An explanation of the qualitative research design for Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper is a brief description of a qualitative research proposal for use in education. The qualitative research process holds invaluable information for researchers who seek to identify trends in the literature. Qualitative research is invaluable as it helps synthesize the existing data from quantitative studies with the perceptions of those who have been directly affected by the topic of study.
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"This implies that the exploration of data is supported by the first-hand observations of those who are affected in some manner by the topic of study, and presents a more personal and more realistic summation of why the study is justified and why change needs to be accomplished in order to aid the affected population. In the current proposed study, the qualitative research design will be a synthesis of existing literature on the topic of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)."
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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression, 2005.
A report of research study on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper studies and discusses the scholarly article on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS as implemented and recorded by the authors Downie, Wynaden, McGowan, Juliff, Axten, Fitzpatrick, Ogilvie and Painter during August and September of 1999 in child health centers in Western Australia. First the statistical procedures used in this study are discussed, including any confidentiality issues, the selection of the group studied, the data collection tools used, and the manner in which the data is dissected and interpreted. Second, the study findings and conclusions are given.
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Leadership and Grade IV Students, 2005.
A research plan proposition to monitor the way leadership impacts the educational achievements of fourth graders.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 9 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper proposes a research plan on the subject of the effect leadership has on the achievement of fourth grade students. Research shows the effect leadership has on the classroom at various levels.
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Experiment for Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 2005.
Presents an experiment relating to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA).
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This paper provides an experiment that tests the hypothesis that the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) presents a problem for regular education teachers in public schools as it detracts from the time that they are able to spend instructing and aiding regular students because they are busy with the integrated disabled students. Hypothesis testing ideas included in this table are those of null hypothesis, alternative (statistical) hypothesis, significance, level, Type 1 and Type 2 error and internal validity threats.
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"In the United States of the 1970s, there was educational legislation passed by the U.S. government under the name of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, or the IDEA. The IDEA strove to level the playing field for the nation's many children suffering from disabilities, be they physical or mental in nature, by requiring that these students be incorporated into the "least restrictive" environment of regular classrooms, instead of their traditional setting of special education classrooms (The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) 1-2). However, this legislation has been thought to be somewhat detrimental to the educational environment of the "regular" students in classrooms, as teachers might be diverted from helping these students while attending to the many and varied needs of the disabled students."
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Healing Environments, 2005.
This paper explores the significance of healing environment design strategies in the health of the elderly.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 124.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes whether or not using healing environment design strategies in senior assisted living and retirement communities affect the health and well-being of the elderly. Design methods and models are discussed and analyzed as key findings are determined and examined. The paper concludes that research studies are demonstrative of the benefits of healing environment design, which has also been proven to be advantageous for the health care provider and staff.
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"Alternative interior design practices that are representative of healing environments are gaining popularity as the demand for new methods for designing retirement and senior living communities for the aging increases. Sufficient evidence currently exists that justifies the need for implementing healing environment design methods in the built environment as a means to promote and support human health and well-being. Some researchers suggest that the elderly living in communities that offer senior living that are based on healing environments have higher rates satisfaction in living standards and are living longer compared to those seniors who live in the stereotypical retirement community and often experience cold and drab conditions."
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Research and Design, 2005.
This paper discusses research and design concerning a research project.
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This paper consists of two questions related to research and design. The paper explains how the first question relates to the importance of making a mind map and an outline with regard to a research project. The paper describes how these are essential planning stages in the research process. The paper's second question asks the student to evaluate what problems he or she has encountered with regard to the research project.
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"Outlines and mind maps are of the utmost importance when doing a formal paper, as well as when doing research for a paper of any length. However, I would like to qualify this statement by saying that people's minds work differently and I would be hard pressed to imagine a single method of planning that would work well for everyone. Mind maps and outlines come close, though, because they are flexible enough to allow for individual expression and use. I think the substance is more important that a rigid adherence to the form. That is, I think that in making a mind map or outline, the form that is prescribed is there in order to guide the generation of ideas."
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Juvenile Delinquency, 2005.
This paper is in two parts: A discussion of the prevention of juvenile delinquency and a. specific proposal for how to address the rising concern of juvenile delinquency among girls.
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This paper explains that juvenile delinquency, which is fast becoming one of the largest problems facing urban centers, can lead to lawbreaking, which often can lead to adult lives as career criminals. The author stresses that it is important to understand some of the major risk factors causing juvenile delinquency and then develop potential institutional remedies. The paper uses statistics and general facts to support its conclusions.
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"Juvenile delinquency is fast becoming one of the largest problems facing urban centers where concentrations of impoverished youth from broken home situations are commonplace. Many of these young people - predominantly the boys - turn to delinquency and lawbreaking that can oft times lead to adult lives as career criminals. Consequently, it is important to understand some of the major risk factors causing juvenile delinquency and then develop potential institutional remedies. Theories for the causes of juvenile delinquency range from the commonsensical to the ridiculous. Somewhere in the middle are the statistically demonstrated factors that are indicators of whether or not a juvenile will turn to crime. Many types of crimes are associated primarily with the young and are considered "coming of age" crimes. These include drug experimentation, petty theft, and vandalism."
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HIV Prevention, 2005.
This paper is a research proposal to test the effectiveness of two programs to prevent transmission of HIV to adolescent populations.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explains that the purpose of this study is to assess interventions to decrease adolescent risky sexual behaviors and to increase HIV prevention practices.The author points out that HIV transmission among the adolescent population is much too high and adds to the incidence of AIDS among adults and to the costs of that disease to society. The paper relates that the two methods to be tested, which are part of different types of educational program on HIV and prevention, are abstinence and methods for safe sex.
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"The purpose of this study is to assess interventions to decrease adolescent risky sexual behaviors and to increase HIV prevention practices. Two research questions are to be examined. The first is, how effective are these interventions (abstinence, safer sex) over time in reducing risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission for this population group. The second is, what are the effects on education on preventing risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission in the adolescent population. Several different programs have been developed as interventions to prevent teenagers from taking risky behavior. Such programs are often educational in nature, trying to impart information and so gain acceptance of safe sex or abstinence, which are also suggested by the lessons. Certainly, preventing HIV transmission among adolescents affects the educational experience by keeping these young people in school and by avoiding the sort of difficulties faced by them and their classmates when HIV becomes a more common disease."
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Stanley Milgram's "Obedience to Authority", 2005.
This paper discusses Stanley Milgram's research about obedience to authority.
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This paper relates that Stanley Milgram was a pioneer researcher on obedience to authority. The author points out that his ground-breaking and shocking studies conducted at Yale in the 1960s are still relevant today. The paper provides historical background on Professor Milgram, a full description of the obedience studies, their results and their applications to society and humanity.
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"Written in 1974, Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority revealed shocking truths about human nature--particularly with respect to how easily people could be manipulated to perform horrible acts on innocents when induced by a perceived legitimate authority figure. "...the most fundamental lesson of our study: ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process." (Stanley Milgram, 1974, as quoted in Blass, 2004, xvii). While his groundbreaking research was conducted in the 1960s, his findings are relevant today in the field of psychology and in many other fields. His work continues to be studied and applied (Blass, 2004). Just what were these experiments, and what did they find?"
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Gender Skills, 2005.
This paper discusses of gender skills in social support are a learned skill or a matter of responsiveness.
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This paper reviewed a study of the responsiveness, which spouses have to each other during times of stress. The author details the type of study run, the variables used, the methods used and the results and conclusions based on those results. The paper relates some of the limitations of the study.
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"This study is intended to study the differences between genders in the way that they respond to their spouses' difficulties and stressors. The goal of the study was to gain understanding of the perception of women as better support providers, through examining certain events in which spousal support was perceived as necessary. There were two predictions made for the purpose of the study. The first prediction was that wives would provide better support than husbands would when the partner needed that support. The second prediction was that husbands would feel more supported by their wives when under high-stress conditions than wives would feel supported by their husbands under similar conditions."
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Shopping Malls, 2005.
This paper discusses observed group behavior at shopping malls.
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This paper explains social phenomena at a shopping mall as perceived through sociological observations. The author made these observations in shopping malls at a selected concourses for a period of approximately thirty minutes. The paper relates that this process was repeated at for mall locations.
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"The setting in which I made my observations was a shopping mall, and I conducted my observation by choosing a concourse to observe, remaining there for approximately thirty minutes, and them repeating this process at three other mall locations. I discretely took notes as I observed the semi-focused gatherings around me, and felt rather devious watching these groups of people walking past me, unaware that they had become human specimens in a sinister sociology experiment."
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Research Methodology, 2005.
This paper discusses the use of research methodology at the dissertation level.
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This paper provides a basic overview of standard research methods used to demonstrate a familiarity with how, why and effectiveness in conducting dissertations. The author compares the differences between qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methodologies. The paper explores the effectiveness of these strategies by evaluating each as a method for measuring followership qualities in a medical facility.
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"Identifying applicable research strategies at a level suitable for dissertations is almost as difficult as the process of conducting and completing a dissertation-level research experiment. Methodology tends to differ according to the various factors found within the desired outcome. Yet methods cannot be orchestrated to generate this outcome from the data, but merely facilitate its collection and synthesis. Any successful research methodology does not, therefore, create knowledge, but rather is an applicable strategy for identifying and processing the information which exists. Hathaway (1995) stresses that there are decisions embedded within the creation and conduct of research methodologies that are generated both within the research setting and within the perceptions of the researcher. The concept of an unbiased methodology is thus inherently impossible: All researchers come to the experimentation process with preconceived opinions of how and why the research process should transpire."
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Mathematics Education, 2005.
This paper analyzes if it is possible to test the understanding of mathematics.
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This paper is a report on a questionnaire given out to students in college to test their understanding of mathematics. The author points out that this research investigates the difference between knowledge and understanding and seeks the way to assess understanding. The paper concludes that the questionnaire derived from the GED in mathematics is a way to test understanding of high school mathematics for students who have graduated from high school.
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"The purpose of this analysis is to see if it is possible to test understanding, specifically the understanding of mathematics. Such an analysis tests both mathematics teaching and mathematics learning, though at this preliminary stage it is not clear whether the teaching method is what is most important or the learning style of the student. Testing understanding is different from testing knowledge, for the latter shows that the student has assimilated ideas and even processes, while the former shows that the student has learned the underlying theory and can apply it in different situations. In mathematics, testing understanding is perhaps more common in normal testing than would be the case in certain other disciplines where simple facts are more common. In mathematics, of necessity the student must show an understanding of theory in order to apply mathematical concepts to written problems and arrive at the correct answer."
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U.S. Census Data from 1850 to 1860, 2005.
This paper explores the history of the U.S. by examining U.S. census data collected from 1850 to 1860.
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This paper discusses the economic and demographic indicators used to collect information through the census data from 1850 to 1860. The author uses graphs, charts and tables to calculate indicator figures, which are compared in the analysis. The paper examines how the industrial revolution prompted migration from Europe to the United States.
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"In 1798, English philosopher and political economist by the name of Thomas Robert Malthus wrote the Essay on the Principle of Population in which he suggests that population doubles in size every quarter of a century or increases in geometrical ratio, whereas the means of subsistence cannot increase more quickly than arithmetic ratio (Lieberman, pg. 361, 2000). In his essay, Malthus claims that the economic destiny of the human race is impacted by rates of fertility, mortality, population size, and real wages."
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Homicide under Control, 2005.
This paper is an analysis of changing homicide rates in light of changing social trends based on the routine activities approach.
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This paper uses data from both uniform police reports and from victim surveys to analyze homicide rates in Canada. The author points out three policy recommendations. The paper demonstrates that the routine activities approach can be used adequately with homicide statistics.
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"The media through sensationalized coverage of recent murders in Canada have led a large proportion of the public to believe that homicides are escalating sharply. Murders involving children such as Holly Jones and Cecilia Zhang especially have contributed to the perception of an increase in homicide rates. However, the public would be surprised to discover that there has been a marked decline in the national rate for homicide which, in fact, currently has reached its lowest level since 1967 (Dauvergne, 2003). The rates of stalking and assault also have corresponded to the reduced homicide rate, but in general homicide is unrelated to other crimes."
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The Cytology Laboratory, 2005.
This paper discusses organization of the cytology laboratory.
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This paper evaluates the primary components of a cytology laboratory. The author emphasizes the research personnel and the objectives sought with the research plan. The paper relates that a laboratory requires a team of individuals that work cooperatively to achieve a number of common goals, which necessitates the understanding of the organizational structure.
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"In any research-based environment, there is a strong necessity to provide research personnel with the tools and the space that is necessary to conduct effective inquiries into their area of interest. Therefore, a laboratory is a critical component of the research atmosphere, as it offers scientists the opportunity to conduct various studies and experiments that will potentially lead to new and exciting discoveries. In the field of cytology, the laboratory is the key component of all cell-based research, and it is necessary to provide adequate equipment, supplies, heating and cooling apparatus, and space to conduct this research effectively. However, there is another significant component to the laboratory, and this requires key personnel, individuals that are strongly committed to the research being performed within this space. A team effort is essential to develop the strongest research plan, to conduct the proposed experiments, to identify results and to draw valid conclusions."
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Counseling Psychology Research, 2005.
This paper discusses developing a research project in counseling psychology.
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This paper explores a federal research grant to study questions in the field of counseling psychology. The author first sets the stage with an already conducted study, using its findings as a base from which to work. The paper relates that the study, which the author would conduct, combines qualitative and quantitative methods to study the incidence and effect of empathic counseling methods, which would contribute to the field significantly by providing a more reasonable determination of the nature of counseling methods and draw some conclusions about their effectiveness.
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"Having just received a federal research grant in the field of psychology - more specifically, counseling psychology - it now falls to me to demonstrate my ability to formulate an appropriate research project that will make a significant contribution to the field. That said, it is my intention to expound upon a recent study that was done (Carlozzi et al, 2002) that examined the relationship between theory, practice, and empathy for counselors and psychologists. Understanding the role that empathy plays for psychologists is important on both a theoretical and practical level. This paper will first present the results of the study mentioned above as a basis for my subsequent explanation of my own research intent. My work will help quantify both the incidence and importance of counselor empathy and has the potential to suggest some new theoretical approaches to the issue."
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Foundation Research within Education, 2005.
This paper discusses the methodology used in foundational research within the field of education.
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This paper is based on the research article "Class Size in Primary School: Perceptions of Headteachers, Chairs of Governors, Teachers and Parents" by N. Bennett (1996), which helps clarify the perceptions of attitudes within education. The author points out that Bennett demonstrates the way models of research used within education do not resolve many of the critical debates over how information can be successfully transferred from educator to student. This paper draws upon the basic arguments made by Bennett to define and describe the gap between educational myths and findings in foundation research methods within education.
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"The increasingly standardized themes within Western education create the sense that researchers and activists within education have identified those traits that are successful in terms of enhancing the educational and cognitive developmental progress of students active in the system. Focuses on class size, standardized testing, and forms of classroom materials suggest that there are strategies which maximize effective conveyance of education from educator to student. Yet in assessing foundation research methods used within education, this image of widely-accepted and successful teaching strategies is not sustained. There is significant debate concerning which aspects of education are fundamental to student success."
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